St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-03
WHAT DOES 1T MEAN

Since the utterance of Mr.. CLEVE-
LANDS notable political axiom, Public
Office is public trust" there has been
no political truth declared with greater
emphasis or more forcibIe effect than
the closing sentence of Mayor HEwITT's
letter to the New York Democracy:
"As now constituted, there is no room
in the Democratic party for corruption
and fraud" That means that the hood
lers, the land grabbers, the monopolies,
the spectators, the political jobbers
and all classes who thrive by preying
On the public have no show with the
CLEVELAND administration.
The special occasion which called
forth this ri nging statement from New
Yorks great and honest old mayor was
the strenuous effort that the New York
World is making to defeat the Demo
cratic ticket in New York City.
The World has so long enjoyed
the confidence of not only the
Democracy of the Empire state but of
the whole nation that its attitude in ref
erence to the municipal canvass now in
progress in New York has not only pro-
voked the severest criticism throughout
the country. but it is subjecting the pro-
prietOr of that paper to suspicion. The
dictatOrial attitude assumed by Mr..
PULITZER in his management of the
World has been out of all keeping with
true Democratic ideas. Under an affec-
tation of independence it has really as
sumed the prerogativeS of bosSlsm, and
is now being conducted on the rule or
ruin principles which actuate all
bosses.
1t is an open secret that the proprietor
of the World is animated by bitter
personal feeling toward the CLEvE-
LAND administration because Mr..
CLEVELAND had too much self-asser-
ton to submit to the dictatiOn
of other people. How far this
feeling is responsible for the present
position of the World in its antagonism
to the Democratic ticket in New York
is matter of conjecture. There is a
well settled conviction in the minds of
some people that there are other influ
ences at work in this matter. 1t is be-
lieved that the hidden hand of JAY
GOULD is the Worlds moving power,
and that Mr.. PULITZER is only figure
head. People who hold to that view
reason in this way: They say that JAY
GOULD has darling monopoly now in
his possession, which is not only mint
of money to him but a great power as
well. This is his consolidated tele-
graph system. The only possible rival
that he can now have in the telegraph
business is the government itself. The
government in the hands of the Demo-
cratic party, with GROVER CLEVELAND
at the helm, means destruction to JAY
GoULD's great monopoly scheme. With
the government in the hands of the Re-
publican party, with JAMES G. BLAINE
steering the ship of state, JAY GOULD
would be perfectly secure in any
monopoly that he could create. The
defeat of GROVER CLEVELAND in the
next presidential election and the cleo
ton of JAMES G. BLAINE to the presi-
dency means a great deal to JAY
GoU Id. If the expenditure of ten
millions, or even of twenty millions of
collars, could accomplish that result, it
would still be money in Mr.. GouLD's
pocket. And according to Mr.. GoULD's
current reputation he is not man TO
hesitate to spend money Oh elections
when he has an end to accomplish, for
by his own description of himself he is
''an Erie man always"
Now it is by putting this and that
together people arrive at the conclusion
that the World Is Z party 20 The GOULD
conspiracy. II may !;a unjust TO charge
Mr.. PULITZER with beiu" Il JrDts
IsCARIoT, Of being Il hEnsry EeAU will
ing to sell h:s t::i:!.ii-lit Tor mess of
pOltage. H.. sag as he sails in the
same boat With JAY GOULD he must be